front cover -- Psychological Processes in Deaf Children with Complex Needs: An Evidence-Based Practical Guide -- Contents -- FOREWORD by Mark Marschark -- PREFACE -- 1 The Experience of Childhood Deafness -- The epidemiology, types and causes of childhood deafness -- Diagnosing sensori-neural hearing loss -- Interventions for hearing loss -- The impact of deafness on the child and family -- Conclusions -- 2 Behavioural and Emotional Disorders -- Epidemiology -- Why are deaf children at greater risk of behavioural disorders? -- Communication, deafness and behavioural disorders -- Common behavioural disorders in deaf children -- Assessment -- Formulation of behavioural problems and disorders -- Intervention -- Promoting effective communication -- Conclusions -- 3 Self-concept, Self-esteem and the Development of Identity -- Terminology -- Deaf culture and Deaf identity -- Theories of identity development -- Research -- Clinical presentations of identity or self-esteem problems in deaf children -- Assessment and formulation -- Intervention -- Conclusions -- 4 Specific Learning Difficulties -- Definitions of specific learning difficulties -- Theory and research -- Assessment of specific learning difficulties -- Assessment of non-verbal cognitive abilities -- Assessment of specific types of learning difficulties -- 5 Disorders of Communication -- Deafness or communication disorder? -- Autistic spectrum disorder -- Aetiology and epidemiology of ASD in the deaf population -- Presentation of ASD in deaf children -- Outcome research -- Theoretical perspectives -- Assessment and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders -- Conclusions -- 6 Paediatric Cochlear Implantation -- Why cochlear implants and clinical psychology? -- Research -- Assessment for paediatric cochlear implantation -- Decision to implant and consen -- Switch-on and post-implant.

Conclusions -- 7 Tinnitus -- Clinical presentation and aetiology -- Epidemiology -- Impact of tinnitus in children -- Traditional interventions -- Background to narrative therapy -- What is narrative therapy? -- Interviewing the young child -- The initial interview -- Assessment and formulation -- Intervention and narrative therapy techniques -- Conclusions -- 8 Professional Issues -- Political context -- Training deaf clinical pyschologists -- Roles, responsibilities and ethics -- Working with cultural and ethnic diversity -- Working with interpreters -- Consultative/liaison model of intervention -- Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX -- back cover.